Current work in wildlife, rivers, public lands, and climate

What I wanted to know," Hutto said, "was what in the world is a burned forest worth? Is there any value at all in all that destruction?
Contact: Michael Jamison The Missoulian

The Bureau of Land Management said yesterday it would prepare a supplemental environmental impact study before releasing a final rule affecting 160 million acres of grazing land
Contact: David Loos Greenwire

Today WildEarth Guardians decried the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) announcement "that it will prepare a supplement to the final Environmental Impact Statement on proposed changes to its grazing regulations."
Contact: WildEarth Guardians

Forest Service files Notice of Impoundment intending to round-up his unauthorized cattle
Contact: WildEarth Guardians

A rancher whose cattle are scheduled to be removed from two grazing allotments for which he does not hold permits has asked Arizona's governor to
Contact: Walter Mares Copper Era - Eastern Arizona Courier

109th Congress - National Forest Roadless Area Conservation Act

U.S. Rep Jay Inslee (D-WA) and Science Committee Chairman Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY) introduced legislation today to restore protections to roadless areas in America's national forests.
Contact: Rep. Inslee

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Contact: WildEarth Guardians

Environmentalists fighting for protections for the endangered silvery minnow said the ruling is good news for the Middle Rio Grande.
Contact: Tania Soussan Albuquerque Journal

WildEarth Guardians claims the lienholder policy has made banks a silent player in the subsidized destruction of western public lands, and is calling on the BLM to cancel the policy.
Contact: WildEarth Guardians